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Pan America Endurance Race

Green Vallley Raceway, Smithfield, Texas, USA

Date: 10/9/1966
Track length: 2.541 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 34
Finishers: 23

Pole position: Rainville/Johnson
Fastest lap: McComb/Brooker

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 105,012 kmh
Weather: Rain
Ruleset: FIA Group 1 and 2
Car info:  

 

Superior pit work and preparation won the 6-hour Pan American Endurance Race for the Brad Brooker/John McComb Ford Mustang.
Sept. 10. results of the day-night event, next to last in SCCA's Trans-American Sedan Championship, put Ford and Chrysler-Plymouth in a tie at 37 points each in the series' over-2 litre competition. This Smithfield Texas event, held at Green Valley Raceway, also saw Alfa Romeo clinch the under-2 litre manufacturer's honours with its fifth class victory in the six races run.

The winners covered 392 miles at 65.306 mph in a rain-drenched weekend before a sparse crowd. The field of 34 starters was the strongest yet in the Trans-American series.

The Charlie Rainville/Bob Johnson Barracuda took off from the pole position and led for 29 laps before pitting. The Mustang of Don Pike/John Timanus then led with the Brooker/McComb Mustang never worse than third. From lap 40 to 80 the two cars battled for the lead and the Rainville/Johnson entry came back to contention when Pike pitted. Rainville soon passed McComb into the lead and held it until lap 109 when he turned over the Barracuda to Johnson.

In under-2 litre, England's John Whitmore led in a Cortina until a 51st lap accident. The Alfa Romeo GTA of Horst Kwech/Gus Andrey took the class lead, and ran 3rd or 4th overall to the finish, winning its class.
With the Barracuda pit stop, the Brooker Mustang took the lead for 50 miles. Then a pit stop gave it back to Johnson and Pike roared past McComb into 2nd. Pike pitted to turn over to Timanus and repair time dropped the car to 9th. The Rainville/Johnson Barracuda started having brake and
throttle linkage troubles and Brooker pushed the Mustang in front for the final time in lap 198. He ran out the remaining 50 laps with a comfortable lead.
(source: probably Sports Car Illustrated)

Under and Over 2000 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out
1 1    
Ford Mustang		 John McComb, USA
Brad Brooker, USA
 4728 V8 O 248        
2 1 16  
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Gaston Andrey, USA
Horst Kwech, USA
 1570 L4 U 242        
3 2    
Plymouth Barracuda		 Charlie Rainville, USA
Bob Johnson, USA
 4490 V8 O 242        
4 3    
Dodge Dart		 Ron Grable, USA
Miles Gupton, USA
 4491 V8 O 238        
5 2    
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Lars Giertz, USA
Lynn Kysar, USA
 1594 L4 U 238        
6 4    
Dodge Dart		 Bob Tullius, USA
Tony Adamowicz, USA
 4491 V8 O 237        
7 3    
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Ray Parsons, USA
John Leighton, AUS
 1594 L4 U 233        
8 4    
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Chuck Williams, USA
D.W. Foerster, USA
 1293 L4 U 231        
9 5    
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Allan Moffat, AUS
Harry Firth, AUS
 1594 L4 U 230        
10 5    
Ford Mustang		 Don Pike, USA
John Timanus, USA
 4728 V8 O 229        
11 6    
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Hugh Grammer, USA
Paul Hill, USA
 1293 L4 U 227        
12 7    
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Luis Iglesias, MEX
Felipe Rodriguez, MEX
 1293 L4 U 220        
13 6    
Plymouth Barracuda		 Bruce Jennings, USA
Ron Hissom, USA
 4490 V8 O 216        
14 8    
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Bob Reedy, USA
Jim Kaufman, USA
 1293 L4 U 215        
15 9    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 John Shankle, USA
Chas. Rone, USA
 1570 L4 U 210        
16 10    
Saab 96		 Frank Moakley, USA
Kermit Turley, USA
 841 L3 U 209        
17 7    
Ford Falcon Sprint		 Jim Taylor, USA
John Walker, USA
 4728 V8 O 176        
18 11    
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Dave Dooley, USA
Elouise Norris, USA
 1594 L4 U 175        
19 12    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Del Taylor, USA
Robert Pratt, USA
 1570 L4 U 174        
20 13    
Simca 1000		 Frank Folbre, USA
John Gable, USA
 944 L4 U 164        
21 14    
Abarth 1000 TC		 Al Ackerly, USA
W.B. Burrow, USA
 982 L4 U 151        
22 15    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Lloyd Burghagen, USA
Hal Mayfield, USA
 1570 L4 U 129        
23 16    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Ron Hunter, USA
Noel Armstrong, USA
 1570 L4 U 110        
DNF      
Simca 1000		 Bob Britton, USA
Ed Tucker, USA
 944 L4 U          
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Raul Perez-Gama, MEX
Eduardo Tobaline, MEX
 1293 L4 U          
DNF      
Ford Mustang		 Fred Van Beuren IV, MEX
Ruben Nova, USA
 4728 V8 O          
DNF      
Ford Mustang		 Dale Wood, USA
Gerry Dundas, USA
 4728 V8 O          
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Francisco Pinerio, MEX
Victor Tapia, MEX
 1293 L4 U          
DNF      
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI		 Jerry Thompson, USA
Bill McKemie, USA
 1570 L4 U          
DNF      
Chevrolet Corvair		 Spurgeon May, USA
Bill Clay, USA
 2684? B6 O          
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Jim Baker, USA
Bob McQueen, USA
 1570 L4 U          
DNF      
Ford Mustang		 Phil Halbert, USA
 4728 V8 O          
DNF     Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina		 John Whitmore, GB
Charles Barns, USA
 1594 L4 U          
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Richard Daniel, USA
Joe Starkey, USA
 1293 L4 U